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I’ve been traveling, and traveling, and traveling lately…
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Tonight I stumbled across the blog we put together when we were backpacking all over Europe two years ago. We hit 15 cities in 30 days… obviously too much, but we got to see a lot. Since then, I’m much more likely to go to only one (and max 2) places on a [...]

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The photo above has received more comments and views than any other picture I have ever put on Flickr, so I thought that I should post it here. What do you think? I’m a big fan of night photography like this. I’ll post more of an update soon. I’m in London [...]

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Oslo, Norway…where a McDonald’s combo meal will cost you $18 USD and even the airport looks like a ski lodge.

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Here are a few pics from my trip last week to Paris (more, as usual, on Flickr):

Tomorrow is a holiday here, and I’m heading to Manchester, England for the night. Then I have two days of work in Leeds, England on Tuesday and Wednesday. So when I’m not pent up in an office [...]

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I just added a calendar showing some of my confirmed travel dates.  Check out the right side of this page.

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No, I’m not talking about the bootleg film… I’m talking about the second half of this week (and actually it’s two nights). That’s right, I’m heading to Paris tomorrow night. It’s a Belgian holiday here on Thursday so I’m taking the opportunity to travel.
I’m pretty bad, in general, about planning my trips in [...]

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More posts, more frequently now - I promise. I now have Internet at home, so I have no excuse.
Since I last wrote, a lot has happened here. I moved into a new apartment and out of the hotel. All of my clothes are permanently suitcase-creased, but it was worth the wait. [...]

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 Don’t you love checking websites daily when they only get updated every other week?? I know I do.
Seriously though, sorry for the delay between posts. I originally wanted to wait until I had good news about my apartment search here in Brussels… and I’ve had two weeks of bad news…UNTIL TODAY! I’m [...]

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Here is my initial brain-storm of places I’d like to visit while I’m here for the next 5 and a half months.  Obviously, I may have to strike some from the list if time isn’t permitting.  What am I forgetting?  Let’s talk about it in the comments section.

Paris
London
Budapest
Munich
Madrid
Copenhagen
Switzerland
French Alps
Greece
Cannes
Amsterdam
Brugge
Antwerp
Prague
Barcelona

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I’ve been using the Google Translator this morning, and I am extremely impressed.  It let’s you plug in statements in English, and it spits back the translation in almost any language you would want.  But even more useful is the ability to translate entire websites.  For example, today I’m looking for sport leagues/clubs to join [...]

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I finally made it to Brussels, Belgium yesterday morning at 8 AM. It seems like a long time coming since I knew I was going to be moving here (look for a future post regarding that whole process - and why it took so long).
Day 1
The first day was pretty uneventful really. I made [...]

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I just got back from Beijing a few days ago — very cool trip. It all started when we met up with our tour guide Ricky on Saturday morning:

Ricky was a cool guy, and answered most of our questions. He definitely learned as much about the U.S. as we did about Beijing though. [...]

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We’re about to hop on a plane tonight and head to Beijing for the weekend. Hopefully I’ll get some awesome pics of The Great Wall, etc.
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